Terms of Use

Section 1Description of Services

Throughout this website, Microsoft provides you with access to a variety of resources
which may include web-based services, software, download areas, updates, enhancements,
documentation, and product information (the “Service”).

Section 2Acceptance of Terms

This Terms of Use (“TOU”) is a contract between you and Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”).
This contract applies to any software, documentation, media, support, sites, services,
and updates obtained through this Service. You can view the most current version
of this contract by clicking the Legal hypertext link at the bottom of the webpage.
Microsoft may update this TOU by posting new terms and conditions. If you do not
agree to the changes, you must stop using the Service; if you do not, your use of
the Service continues under the changed TOU. Your use of certain elements of the
Service may be subject to additional guidelines, posted notices or codes of conduct.
These are incorporated by reference into this TOU.

Please note that Microsoft does not provide warranties for the Service. This contract
also limits our liability. These terms are in sections 12 and 13. Please read them
carefully.

Section 3Reserve Right to Modify

Microsoft may change the Service or delete features of the Service at any time and
for any reason. Microsoft may cancel or suspend your use of the Service at any time
without notice and for any reason. Upon Service cancellation, your right to use
the Service stops right away.

Section 4Privacy

In order to operate and provide the Services, we collect certain information about
you. We use and protect that information as described in the Privacy Statement for
the Service. You may access the Privacy Statement by clicking on the “Privacy Statement”
hypertext link located at the bottom of this web page.

Section 5Service Account

If you choose to use any part of the Service to test connectivity
to your live production systems, you may be required to provide the credentials
associated with an existing account in such systems. Microsoft strongly recommends
that you create a test account in these situations and remove or disable it promptly
after the testing is completed. You are solely responsible for: (a) keeping your
password and account confidential; and (b) any and all activities that occur under
your account. You must promptly notify Microsoft of any unauthorized use of your
account or any other breach of security. Microsoft will not be liable for any loss
that you incur if someone else uses your password or account, either with or without
your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by Microsoft
or another party if someone else uses your account or password. You may not use
anyone else’s account at any time without their permission.

Section 6Use Restrictions

When using the Service you must comply with these terms and all applicable laws.
You must also obey any policies, codes of conduct, and notices Microsoft provides.
You may not use the Service to harm others or the Service. For example, you may
not:

Use the Service to harm, threaten, or harass another person, organization, or Microsoft;

Misrepresent your identity or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Service;

Damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service (or any network connected to the Service);

Resell or redistribute any part of the Service or access to the Service;

Use or attempt to use any unauthorized means to modify, reroute, or gain access to the Service;

Remove, modify, or tamper with any notice or link that is incorporated into the Service;

Use any automated process or service (such as a bot, a spider, periodic caching of information
stored by Microsoft, or metasearching) to access or use the Service, or to copy or scrape data from the Service;

Obtain (or try to obtain) any data from the Service or related hardware, except the data
that Microsoft intends to make available to you; or

Use the Service or related hardware to design, develop, or update unauthorized software.

If Microsoft believes that you are making unauthorized or improper use of the Service,
Microsoft may take such action as it deems appropriate without notice to you. These
actions may include blocking messages from a particular Internet domain, mail server,
or IP address.

Section 7PRE-RELEASE SERVICE.
If any of the Services is marked as a pre-release version (e.g. Beta),
it may not work the way a final version of the Service will. We may change it for
the final, commercial version. We also may not release a commercial version.

Section 8Reservation of Rights

Service and Website. Microsoft retains all rights, title, and interest in
and to the Service and website. This includes all copyrights, patents, trade secrets,
trademarks, and other intellectual property rights. Microsoft reserves all rights
not expressly granted.

Software. If you use or receive software from us as part of the Service (“Service
Software”), its use is governed by one of two terms (the 'License Terms'): If you're
presented with a license for the Service Software, the terms of that license apply;
if no license is presented to you, the terms of this TOU apply. Unless applicable
law gives you more rights, Microsoft reserves all other rights to the Service Software
not expressly granted by Microsoft under the License Terms, whether by implication,
estoppel or otherwise.

Section 9Feedback

If you give Microsoft feedback, you give Microsoft an irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable
right to use, share, and commercialize your feedback in any way and for any purpose
at no charge. You also give to third parties any patent rights in your feedback
needed for their products, technologies, and services to use or interface with any
specific parts of a Microsoft software or service at no charge. You will not give
feedback that is subject to a license or other obligation that requires Microsoft
to grant or pass through any rights or make any disclosures or payments to third
parties. These rights survive this contract.

Section 10Term

This contract starts on the date you accept it. It continues until it is terminated.
You may terminate this contract without cause at any time by cancelling the Service.
Microsoft may cancel this contract at any time without cause as described in section
3. A party may also terminate this contract for cause on 30 days written notice
to the other party of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the end
of such period. The following sections will survive any termination or expiration
of the Service: Privacy, Service Account, Use Restrictions, Reservation of Rights,
Feedback, Materials Posted, No Warranty, Limitation of Liability, Unsolicited Ideas.

Section 11Materials Posted

All materials, including software, help topics, white papers, datasheets, FAQs (collectively
the “Materials”) that are made available from the Service are the copyrighted work
of Microsoft or its suppliers. Your use of these Materials are governed by one of
two sets of license terms; if you are presented with a license for the Materials,
the terms of that license apply; if no license is presented to you, these terms
apply. Microsoft reserves all other rights to the Materials not expressly granted
under these license terms. In your use of the Materials you may not:

Remove, modify, or tamper with any copyright notices;

Use the Materials for any commercial purposes;

Post the Materials on any networked computer for access by any other computer on the
network or broadcast it in any media; or

Make any modifications to the Materials.

Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other
intellectual property rights covering subject matter in the Materials. By providing
the Materials to you, Microsoft does not give you any license to these patents,
trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property, unless Microsoft does so
expressly in writing.

Some Materials available from this Service may be licensed to you by third parties.
Microsoft does not grant you any additional rights (express or implied) for such
third party Materials.

Section 12No Warranty

Microsoft provides the Service 'as is,' 'with all faults,' and 'as available.'

Microsoft does not guarantee the suitability, reliability, availability, accuracy or timeliness
of information available from the Service.

Microsoft does not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free or
that data loss will not occur.

You acknowledge that computer and telecommunications systems are not fault-free and
occasional periods of downtime will occur.

Microsoft gives no express warranties, guarantees, or conditions. Microsoft disclaims
all warranties with regard to the Service. This includes any implied warranties
(e.g., those of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, workmanlike effort,
title, and non-infringement).

You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws that this contract cannot change.

Section 13Limitation of Liability

You can recover from Microsoft for all successful claims only direct damages up
to U.S. $5.00. You cannot recover any other damages, including consequential,
special, indirect, incidental, or punitive damages and lost profits.

This limitation applies to anything related to this contract, for example:

The Service;

Loss of data;

Your content, third party content (including code), third party programs, or third party conduct;

Viruses or other disabling features that affect your access to or use of the Service;

Incompatibility between the Service and other services, software, or hardware;

Delays or failures you may have in initiating, conducting, or completing any transmissions
or transactions in connection with the Service in an accurate or timely manner; and

Claims for breach of contract; breach of warranty, guarantee, or condition; misrepresentation;
strict liability; negligence; or other tort.

It also applies even if this remedy does not fully compensate you for any losses,
fails of its essential purpose or Microsoft knew or should have known about the
possibility of the damages.

This contract does not affect the statutory rights of any consumer. It also does
not exclude or restrict liability for death or personal injury arising from Microsoft’s
negligence, fraud, or its gross negligence or willful intent. Some or all of these
limitations or exclusions may not apply to you if your state, province, or country
does not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental, consequential or other
damages.

Section 14Unsolicited Ideas

Microsoft and its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas. This includes
ideas for new advertisement campaigns, promotions, products, technologies, processes,
materials, marketing plans and product names. Please do not send any artwork, samples,
demos, or other works to Microsoft or anyone at Microsoft. The purpose of
this policy is to avoid misunderstandings or disputes when Microsoft’s products
or marketing strategies seem similar to ideas submitted to Microsoft. If you send
them anyway, please understand that Microsoft will not treat your ideas or materials
as confidential or proprietary.

Section 15Contract Interpretation

All parts of this contract apply to the maximum extent permitted by law. A court
may hold that Microsoft cannot enforce a part of this contract as written. If this
happens, then you and Microsoft will replace that part with terms that most closely
match the intent of the part that we cannot enforce. The rest of this contract will
not change. This is the entire contract between you and Microsoft regarding your
use of the Service. It supersedes any prior contract or oral or written statements
regarding your use of the Service. The section titles in the contract do not limit
the other terms of this contract.

Section 16Assignment

Microsoft may assign, transfer, sell, rent, lend or otherwise dispose our rights
and obligations under this contract. Microsoft may do this in whole or part, at
any time without notice to you. You may not temporarily or permanently assign any
part of this contract or any rights to use the Service to any other party. Any attempt
to do so is void.

Section 17Applicable Law, Jurisdiction and Venue

This TOU shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Washington. You and Microsoft irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue of the state or federal courts in King County, Washington, USA, for all
disputes arising out of or relating to this TOU.